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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT TACOMA
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8 KEVIN A BROWN,
Plaintiff,
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CASE NO. 3:17-CV-05524-BHS-DWC
v.
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Defendants.
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ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION
TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS
AND DIRECTING INSTITUTION TO
CALCULATE, COLLECT, AND
FORWARD PAYMENTS
Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action. The Court, having
15 reviewed Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis, hereby finds and ORDERS as
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Plaintiff’s declaration indicates he is unable to afford the Court’s filing fee or give
18 security therefore. Accordingly, Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis, Dkt. 1, is
19 GRANTED. As set forth below, an initial partial filing fee will be collected, and Plaintiff is
20 thereafter required to make monthly payments of 20 percent of the preceding month’s income
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Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915, and Plaintiff’s approved application to proceed in
23 forma pauperis, the agency having custody of the above-named Plaintiff is directed to calculate
ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO
PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS - 1
1 an initial partial filing fee equal to 20 percent of the greater of either: (a) the average monthly
2 deposits to the prisoner’s account; or (b) the average monthly balance in the prisoner’s account
3 for the 6-month period immediately preceding the date of this Order. The initial partial filing fee
4 should be forwarded to the Clerk of Court as soon as practicable.
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Subsequently, if the prisoner’s account exceeds $10.00, each month the agency having
6 custody of the prisoner is directed to collect and forward payments equal to 20 percent of the
7 prisoner’s preceding month’s income credited to the prisoner’s account. In the event that the
8 monthly payment would reduce the prisoner’s account below $10.00, the agency should collect
9 and forward only that amount which would reduce the prisoner’s account to the $10.00 level.
10 Please note this $10.00 limit does not apply to the initial partial filing fee described above.
11 Finally, the monthly payments should be collected and forwarded to the Court until the entire
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The Clerk is directed to send a copy of this Order to plaintiff, to the financial
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Dated this 8th day of August, 2017.
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David W. Christel
United States Magistrate Judge
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ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO
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